Awards

• Nominated for Kate Greenaway Medal 2020

Overview

A powerful and unsettling novella from the multi-award-winning Mal Peet, with stunning full-colour illustrations from Kate Greenaway-longlisted Emma Shoard. Sandie has been battling it since childhood: the hulking, snarling black dog of her nightmares. For years, her precious pet dog Rabbie has kept the monster at bay, but when he is no longer there to protect her, the black dog reappears to stalk Sandie in her sleep … Illuminating the undeniable power of Mal Peet's pared-back prose, Good Boy is an evocative examination of fear and anxiety that will leave you guessing long after its final page. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 14+

Full Product Details

Author:   Mal Peet ,  Emma Shoard
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:   Barrington Stoke Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 20.00cm
Weight:   0.180kg
ISBN:  

9781781128527

ISBN 10:   1781128529
Pages:   88
Publication Date:   05 March 2019
Recommended Age:   From 8 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Children/juvenile ,  Teenage / Young adult ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Reviews

"""There are many writers who can take you inside a nightmare. It takes Mal Peel to show you the way back out"" -- Frank Cottrell Boyce ""A beautiful book … simple but profound"" -- Just Imagine ""Peet pulls no punches in exploring the life and mind of a teen suffering from anxiety. The engaging, sparsely written narrative is suspensful and keeps the reader guessing all the way. Shoard's haunting, murky illustrations work perfectly. A super-readable, unnerving work that stands with the late Peet's best"" -- CBI, Recommended Reads"

There are many writers who can take you inside a nightmare. It takes Mal Peel to show you the way back out -- Frank Cottrell Boyce A beautiful book ... simple but profound -- Just Imagine Peet pulls no punches in exploring the life and mind of a teen suffering from anxiety. The engaging, sparsely written narrative is suspensful and keeps the reader guessing all the way. Shoard's haunting, murky illustrations work perfectly. A super-readable, unnerving work that stands with the late Peet's best -- CBI, Recommended Reads

Author Information

Mal Peet was a multi-award-winning novelist best known for his young adult fiction, including Keeper, Tamar, and Life: An Unexploded Diagram. His novels were nominated for and won several awards including the Carnegie Medal, the Branford Boase Award, and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. In 2017 his final novel Beck was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Mal passed away in 2015.

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